500-space garage, retail planned for Commerce Street

An entity called Market/Commerce Street Parking LLC has submitted to the city plans for a 500-space, 10-level parking garage at the southwest corner of Commerce and Navarro streets, according to this week’s Historic and Design Review Commission agenda.

The garage would also include 13,000 square feet of retail — enough for two restaurants and three retail shops, according to the plans.

Jack Spector of Hixon Properties is registered as the agent and manager of Market/Commerce Street Parking, according to state records. Hixon was involved in developing the newly opened River House apartments along the Museum Reach stretch of the river (adjacent to 1221 Broadway). Jordana Markman-Epstein of Silver Ventures, the developer of the Pearl, is also listed as an agent.

Irby Hightower of Alamo Architects is listed as the applicant on the HDRC agenda item.